Like I often do, I went into this book blind, not knowing anything about the plot, and I assumed the title was some sort of a metaphor for a superficial society. In fact, most of the book is actually set within Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. My progress through the book went something like this:1. ...
Cory Doctorow is one of the high profile current crop of sci-fi authors, he is also famous for his blogs on Boing Boing, and his stance on liberalising copyright laws (he even got into a trouble with the legendary [a:Ursula K. Le Guin|874602|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/12442914...
There were some interesting ideas in this book. The world (or one fragment of the world) from the future that Doctorow writes about is creatively designed, but not too well explained. I do appreciate Gibson style: drop readers right in the middle of the story, letting them find their way around. How...
Out of every sci-fi movement that has come and gone, my absolute favorites are the glorious post-cyberpunk transhumanism movement. Can I have the application form now, please? Thanks to Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow, I get to be giddy on the tides of consciousness uploads and post-scarcity econ...
This future world is so intricately created, bringing a sense of the familiar from the theme parks, and the futuristic science fiction elements.The main character's emotions and mindset came through remarkably. I hated his decisions and I loved him for it. The secondary characters are well written a...
I do agree that if we formed a new social currency that was praised by young people, it probably would be called something as annoying as Whuffie.Apart from that, the only thing I am taking away from this book is the phrase "burgeoning chub-on".
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is only 200 pages long, and it's far too short. The plot is rushed through at breakneck speed, and wrapped up far, far too quickly, with almost no time given to bringing the whole thing in for a landing.Part of that is because Doctorow puts quite a bit of time into ...
I am probably being unfair to this book, having read it immediately after my new favourite book -Makers. DOMK contains, among other things, a fantastic idea (referred to as "whuffie") based on an post-capitalist economy dependant upon social capital rather than material wealth. I would normally find...
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